Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
12:16pm update: MCPD reports that a suspect is in custody.
Police have cleared Clarksburg High School to lift from lockdown status and resume normal school operations. Other schools in the area have been cleared to exit from shelter-in-place.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 4, 2022
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units responded to a call on Barnes Road in Damascus at approximately 3:45pm on Thursday, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
Units arrived on the scene of a house fire on Barnes Road, between Clarksburg Road and Bethesda Church Road. At least one person was trapped inside and rescued by responding units. Units also prevented a person from re-entering the burning home and also rescued several dogs from the property.
DSW is now open at 20900-B Frederick Road in the Milestone Shopping Center in Germantown.
The DSW at 12922 Middlebrook Road in Germantown closed on April 10.
David A. Blair, 27, of Clarksburg, plead guilty today to a felony count of civil disorder related to his participation in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
According to a report by WMAR Baltimore, Blair attached a confederate flag to a lacrosse stick and used it to assault an officer in the chest.
QIAGEN, a Netherlands-based holding company with its U.S. headquarters in Germantown, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life.
Used to test patients in over 130 countries, the fourth generation QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus assay identifies interferon-gamma released by T-cells following recognition of TB specific antigens as a marker of TB infection. Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) require only one patient visit to a healthcare provider and are more accurate than the traditional two-visit skin test that has been used for over a century to detect the latent form of the infection.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 28, 2022
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 28, 2022
Signage is up and construction is ongoing at Naz’s Halal (13025 Wisteria Drive) in Germantown, the former location of the Water Factory. In December we told you Naz’s would expanding to Germantown, Rockville (1040 Rockville Pike), Takoma Park (7653 New Hampshire Ave) and White Oak (11209 New Hampshire Ave).
The first location outside of New York was also in MoCo, at the Burtonsville Town Center, next to Tropical Smoothie Cafe. That location opened in August 2020 and has become a local favorite with late night hours, remaining open until 2am Sunday through Thursday and 4am on Friday and Saturday.
Updated 3/29 to include rally information
On January 24, 2022, Montgomery County Police Officers responded to a call for a body found in the 18900 block of Grotto Lane in Germantown. The following day, police identified the body as that of 17-year-old Jai’lyn Lawrence Jones.